Label: Metal Blade Records
Release Year: 1993
Producer: King Diamond
Co-Producers: Hank Shermann, Tim Kimsey,
Brian Slagel
Cover: Torbjorn Jorgensen
1. Egypt
2. The Bellwitch
3. The Old Oak
4. Shadows
5. A Gruesome Time
6. Thirteen Invitations
7. Room of Golden Air
8. Legend of The Headless Rider
9. Is That You Melissa?
10. Return of The Vampire 1993
Ahhh...Egypt...Ahhh
O thou of countless names
Who are one and all things
O thou of countless names
Without beginning, without end
Ahhh...Egypt...Ahhh
Osiris...Anubis...
The underworld is yours
Osiris...Anubis...
I put my soul in your hands
O thou, God of the dead
Lead my soul into the judgment hall
O Thou, Jackal Head, weigh my soul, I await your call
Ahhh...Egypt...Ahhh
Ammit, eater of the dead
Is devouring my heart
Will I pass on to Aaru
Or will I be condemned?
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning inside to know
I must be back on time
But still I want to know
I hope they let me go
I'm from another time
And I must reunite my body and my soul
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning inside to know
Osiris...Anubis...
The underworld is yours
Osiris...Anubis...
I put my soul in your hands
O thou of countless names
Who are one and all things
O thou of countless names
Without beginning, without end
Ahhh...Egypt...Ahhh
Egypt, come back to me
Egypt, come back to me
Egypt, without beginning or end
Back in Tennessee
I saw a family haunted by an entity
It was a tragedy in another century
Oh...They never would know
The evil one that came
Little Betsy, the age of 12, living in a dream
The first one to scream
Invisible hands leaving their mark in the dark
Night after night The Bellwitch attacked and attacked
Torturing Betsy, until a circle was held in candle light
Tell us who you are, please tell us who you are
"I am the air you breathe, I am The Bellwitch,
I am a million years, I am The Bellwitch"
The Bellwitch decided
It was time for the father to scream
Soon taken ill, never to leave his bed alive
Tell us who you are, please tell us who you are
"I am the air you breathe, I am The Bellwitch,
I am a million years, I am The Bellwitch"
"Goodnight John, see you in Hell...
Say bye bye to Daddy Betsy"
Call the doctor, "I made sure"
Call the doctor, "There ain't no cure!!"
That night John he died
And The Bellwitch never came again
Soon they realized
The witch had given John bad medicine
Do you remember the bridge?
The bridge that was standing in ruin
Do you remember the sign?
Witches and Demons were doing
They say it's a bad place
They say it's a magic place
Deep down under
The soil of this unholy land
Deep down under
The roots of a tree, they have damned
It's the Old Oak Hanging tree
It's the Old Oak Hanging tree
Nothing will grow in the ground
The Old Oak is killing it all
If you are ever around
Beware of the Oak and its charm
It's the Old Oak Hanging tree
It's the Old Oak Hanging tree
The Old Oak might make you blind
The Old Oak might tick your eyes
Hypnotized...
It's a bad sign when the Autumn comes
And the leaves are gone
Oh it's a bad sign
The Oak must feed in order to breed
Bad sign...Bad sign...
It's a bad sign when the Autumn comes
And the leaves are gone
It's a nightmare found
Hang with me, hang with the hangman
I wonder...what made this magic tree so
Hang with me, hang with the hangman
Blood from the madmen we hung in that tree
Blood to the ground
Blood to the roots...Red
All around the Old Oak
Deep into the ground they buried them
Indians of an ancient time saw it as a holy shrine
Can you believe, sacrificing their own
Must have a been a might GOD, to recieve the gift of life
All of the people must have known
Happiness would come if sown
Can you believe, sacrificing their own
The Old Oak might make you blind
The Old Oak might tick your eyes
Hypnotized...
No! Don't hang with me
As I go back to the Old Oak Tree
When the darkness eats away the day
And the moon bears witness to the graves
In the shadows, we are alive
In the shadows, the light
Can you see the ghosts above our heads?
We are all in there with the dead
In the shadows, we are alive
In the shadows, the light
In the darkness there is no holding back
There is no gold in black
Deep in the night everything is clear
Clearer than daylight
In the land of mystery we share
You can come along if you dare
In the shadows, we are alive
In the shadows, the light
We are hiding in the shadows on your wall
We are watching as you kiss your little doll
When the darkness leaves the night
We cannot see the light no more...no more
We are always in your shadows by your door
But when the darkness leaves the night
We cannot see the light no more...no more
There is no holding back
There is no gold in black
Deep in the night everything is clear
Clearer than daylight
Everything is so strange in here
And as I look through your eyes
I can see what you're thinking of me
I am deep inside, deep inside your head
Causing you pain
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Eternal pain
All your secrets are done my dear
And as I look through your eyes
I can see all the things that you fear
I am deep inside, deep inside your head
Causing you pain
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Eternal pain
I'm the dreams you don't wanna dream
I'm the things you don't wanna see
I'm the dreams you don't wanna dream
I am the night of sin...
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Eternal pain
I've come to give you a gruesome time
For all the evil you have done
I'll keep a coming back until the end
I'll keep a coming back my friend
The mansion was right on the shore
Down by the lake
Nobody had lived there before
But the Devil himself
Thirteen Invitations...
Sent out through the night
Thirteen Invitations...
They would all arrive in time
They gathered around the mansion
Thirteen in all
They had the same intention
Never to fall
Thirteen Invitations...
Sent out through the night
Thirteen Invitations...
Promising eternal life
So you want to be alive forevermore
I will turn the wheel of time
None of you will ever have to die
I will turn the wheel of time
Turning the wheel...
Turning the wheel of time
But first we must play a game
The game of souls
Sit down! Don't move around!
Deal those cards!
They played all night 'til the morning light
And the Devil, he smiled on his own
They played all night for eternal life
Or the chance of losing their souls
High will win, low is the sin
They played all night in the burning light
And the thirteen were sharing a nine
High will win, low is the sin
The final card was in the Devil's hand..,
The King of Diamonds would win
They could never leave the mansion
Forever inside
They had lost their souls of creation
But they were alive
Thirteen Invitations...
Sent out through the night
Thirteen Invitations...
And the mansion was mine
Instrumental Track
"The Rise"
I'm an undertaker
I'm a ghost in the night
I'm a coffin shaker
This graveyard site is mine
Take a look at the sky, see that evil eye
Tonight the moon is cold as ice
Oh yeah...cold as ice...oh yeah
There's a black horse waiting
Will HE be on time?
The graveyard's shaking
Should I turn my eyes and walk away?
Take a look at the sky, see that evil eye
Tonight the Headless Rider rides
Midnight...let the church bell ring
It's midnight, All Hallows Eve
It's midnight, All Hallows Eve
I see him rising from his grave
I see him rising from his grave
"The Chase"
All Hallows Eve, never to forget
He rides the open field in search of his head
My God...he's so grotesque...should I stay?
My God, a scythe in his hand
NO WAY!
He's coming...I'm running
He's coming...I'm running
Deep inside I know this is wrong
Help me, I'm falling down
I'm falling down...
I'm looking up...I'm in a grave
"Doomed"
In this hollow grave
I can smell that he's near
Will I ever never make it, will I shed a tear
Oh it's strange how everything's changing
Now my life is fading away
In this hollow grave
I see a boney hand
Don't you ever never take it
It's the key to his land
Oh it's strange how everything's changing
Now my life is fading away
Oh it's strange how everything's changing
Now my life is fading away
NO!
"Epilogue"
The mind in my headless body
Seems to be chained to the inside
I cannot move towards the light...
And he rides away, leaving me with this curse
I hear his laughter in the distance
Actually it's my laughter, he stole my head
Does this me I'll be The One next year??
Oh... Melissa, you're in my dreams
You're with me everyday
Oh... Melissa, could that really be your voice I hear?
Too soon for you and I
The priest took his sacrifice
And sent you to the other side
Oh... Melissa, you're in my dreams
You're with me everyday
Oh... Melissa, do you remember the times we shared?
Do you remember the magic nights?
I will never forget your smile
Do you remember the love we had?
Oh the love we had
"No...Melissa" You gotta tell me why
"No...Melissa" I want her by my side
"This is against the rules...there won't be another time"
Melissa tell me why-I wanna know why
"No...Melissa" You gotta tell me why
"No...Melissa" I want her by my side
Oh... Melissa, you're in my dreams
You're with me everyday
Oh... Melissa, close your eyes and say goodbye
One last time...we'll kiss goodbye
I kiss your soul goodbye
A suicide, the birth of a vampire
Deep in his lair, gasping for air
Spreading wings fly out at sunset
So high above, back before dawn
Return of the vampire...leaving his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will share
Return of the vampire...leaving his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will share
There's only one way you can stop him
You gotta trace the Vampire to his lair, oh yeah
And then you gotta drive a stake
Right through the heart of the living dead, the dead
Oh I can feel something is wrong
Vampire, My shadow is gone
Vampire, I know what you've done
Vampire, My shadow is gone
Vampire, I know what you've done
Return of the vampire...leaving his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will share
Return of the vampire...leaving his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will share
A suicide, the birth of a vampire
